Animation and accessibility are often seen as two separate powers at odds with one another. How is it possible to strike a balance between elements that move and the possible negative effects they expose to users who are sensitive to motion? Oriana García explains how her team at Mercado Libre tackled the challenge by creating guiding principles for applying animation to user interfaces and incorporating them into the team’s design system.| Smashing Magazine
Thanks to the wide support of the prefers-reduced-motion-media feature, we now have more advanced ways to design motion that can be creative and innovative while also being safer for those with motion sensitivities.| Smashing Magazine
Update 11/2021: this post was adapted into a lightning talk I recorded for the Fall 2021 Svelte Summit.| Geoff Rich
The how part of dark mode has been thoroughly addressed. Instead, I’m going to talk a little bit about the why..| ericwbailey.website
